The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday that the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) , which reduces minimum sentences for crack-cocaine convictions, applies to defendants who were sentenced after the act was in place,...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a memorandum on behalf of the Obama administration rejecting a request to reveal information about the targeted killing program against suspected terrorists and...

The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Thursday indicted Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, secretary general of the Jamaat e Islam (JI) on seven counts of crimes against humanity he allegedly committed during...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday that unions cannot increase mandatory fees of nonmembers for political expenditures without providing adequate notice and opportunity to object. In Knox v. Service Employees Int'l Union ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) police on Thursday arrested two former Bosnian Serb soldiers accused of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic were detained [WP...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday that any fact other than a prior conviction which leads to a sentence greater than the statutory maximum must be submitted to the jury. In Southern Union Co....

An Australian federal court on Thursday fined Apple's subsidiary in the country, Apple Pty Limited , 2.25 million Australian dollars (USD $2.29 million) for its misleading marketing and advertising of iPad tablets. Justice Mordecai Bromberg for the...

Two of the founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) have filed appeals in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , challenging their convictions for copyright violations in a Swedish court. Peter Sunde and...

A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the arrest of Makhdoom Shahabuddin , a former health minister from Punjab Province and the nominee for the country's new prime minister position. President Asif Ali Zardari nominated Shahabuddin earlier...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday expressed concern about recent actions taken by the Egyptian military to expand their power, saying the military's expansive power and lack of oversight puts citizens at risk. The rights...